Firearm-sight.



3.31 EMLYJHMM 33*259 GR 190630712 SR k D. H. MASTERS & A. L. CLARK.

FIREARM SIGHT. APPLIGATION FILED 41119.28, 1912.

1,063,712. Patentgd June 3, 1913.

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FIREARM-SIGHT.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that we, DAYID H. Masters andARTHUR L. CLARK, citizens of the United States, residing at Gila, in thecounty of Grant and State of New Mexico, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Firearm-Sights, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to firearm sights, the object in view being toprovide a device of the class described, which is easily applied to andremoved from the barrel of a firearm, and by means of which the frontand rear sights are located in sulliciently close proximity to eachother to enable the marksman to quickly and accurately sight the firearm0n the desired object.

lVith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective View of an improved firearmsight embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a reduced sideelevation of the same shown applied to a firearm.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the improved firearmsight comprises a barrel embracing sleeve 1 adapted to be passed overthe end of the barrel 2 of a firearm 3, illustrated in Fig. 1. At itsouter end, the barrel embracing sleeve is provided with the singleupstanding muzzle sight lip 4, while extending backward from the rearend of the sleeve 1 is a spring tongue 5, to the rear extremity of whichSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 28, 1912.

Patented June 3, 1913.

Serial No. 717,627.

is attached an upwardly extending notched sight (3 forming the rearsight.

7 designates an adjusting screw which passes through a threaded openingin the spring tongue 5, and is adapted to impinge against the barrel 2of the firearm, so as to enable the notched sight 6 to be raised andlowered in accordance with the distance of the object from the operator.The elevating screw 7 also acts as a restraining device for holding thesleeve 1 at any desired position throughout the length of the barrel 2.

lVhat is claimed is:

As an article of manufacture, a firearm sight, comprising a transverselycontinuous barrel embracing sleeve, a muzzle sight lip projecting fromthe forward end of the sleeve body, a spring tongue forming an integralextension of the sleeve and extending backwardly therefrom in the planeof the sleeve wall, a notched sight at the rear extremity of said springtongue, all of said parts being integral, and a sight adjusting andclamping screw passing through a threaded opening in said spring tongueand adapted to press directly against the barrel of the firearm, saidscrew serving to vertically adjust the notched sight and also acting asa binding screw to fasten the device as a whole on the barrel.

In testimony whereof we atiix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

DAVID H. MASTERS. ARTHUR L. CLARK.

lVitnesses:

BABETTA EI-IRENSTElN, F. B. I'IUNTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

